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W. H. GRAINGER. TIE HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED APR. 14, um.

Patented July 18, 119225 ATTORNEY.

rarest TIE HOLDER.

Application fiIed April 14, 1921.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WVILLIAM HARRY GRAINGER, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing in the city of Toronto, county of York, Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tie-Holders, of which the following is a specification. I

My invention relates to improvements in tie-holders, and the object of my invention is to greatly simplify the construction of this class of article and so reduce cost of manufacture thereof, and in the following specification 1 shall describe the preferred embodiment of my invention, and what I claim as new will be set forth in the claim forming part of this specification.

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of my preferred form of tie-holder. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof, partly in section. Figs. 3 and l are elevations of the two members of the holder as the same come from the die and before they have been assembled, and Fig. 5 is a vertical cross-section on the line 55 Fig. A.

In the drawings, like characters of reference refer to the same parts.

A is the cross bar which carries the tie (not shown), and B is the cross bar adapted for connection to the collar stud (not shown). The cross bar A is suitably associated with the cross bar B so as to permit the partial or complete disengagement of these two members to permit the tie (not shown) to be associated with the cross bar A. My preferred manner of associating the bars A and B is as follows: (It will be of course understood that these bars may be formed in any desired manner, though the preferred manner of making the same is by means of dies.) WVhen the cross bar A is stamped out, the holes C and D are formed therein near the ends thereof, and when the cross bar B is stamped out, the tongues E, F and G are formed, and at the same time the tongue G is provided with a slot H. The two cross bars are then associated by passing the tongue E through the hole 0 and then slightly springing the cross bars at their opposite ends so as to pass the tongue F through the hole D. The associated cross bars are then placed in a suitable former and given the bow-shape substantially as illustrated in Fig. 2.

The hole 0 is preferably elongated transversely of the bar A so that when the tongue E rests therein the cross bar A will be held Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 18, 1922.

Serial No. Z161,224..

from moving sufficiently to disengage these cross bars as would be the case if the hole C were round, during the assembling of the device: preventing the accidental separation of the cross bars at this time assists in speed of assembling.

The hole D is so shaped as to permit of the ready insertion and removal of the tongue F.

W hen the cross bars are assembled as shown in Fig. 1, a space 2 is provided which permits the part of the tie looped around the bar A to pass in front of the tongue G when the bow has been finally formed or tied.

The bow of the tie may be formed on the cross bar A while the latter is associated at one end with the cross bar B, though it will be more convenient to remove the cross bar A completely for this purpose.

At the same time the cross bar B is stamped out, the lower ends 3 of the tongue G are curved outwardly as shown particularly in Fig. 5 and fora two-fold purpose: (a) to prevent the said ends entering the holes in the collar (not shown) through which the collar stud (not shown) extends and (b) to provide a stop which will engage the head of the collar stud (not shown), on the under side thereof and so prevent sufficient upward movement of the device to' permit same to be uncoupled from the collar stud.

When the tongues E and F are stamped out, they are offset from the cross bar as shown at 4- in Fig. 2 to allow for the association of these cross bars according to my preferred form of construction.

The size of the space 2 may be increased or decreased when the cross bar A is stamped out. To increase the size of this space I may cut away portion of the cross bar A at the lower side thereof as shown at 5 where the same will rest above the concaved por-- tion 6 of the cross bar B.

In order that the cross bar B may show as little as possible behind the tie (not shown). the outer edges of the tongue G are curved inwardly as shown at 7.

The cross bar A is shown as located in front of the cross bar B, but the position thereof will depend upon the disposition of the tongues E and F.

With my preferred form of construction, a person may mount a tie on the cross bar A, and when he wishes to Wear another tie it will only be necessary for him to remove the cross bar A completely and substitute therefor another cross bar with which he can as sociate his other tie. It will, therefore, be evident that by preferably making the cross bar A so that it may entirely be removed from the cross bar B, I provide a tie-holder with which will be supplied a plurality of 'with one end of the cross bar B by a hingedconnection such as that provided by the Well-known rivet, but in such case when the bow of the tie is withdrawn from the cross bar A it must be mounted on a lead pencil or equivalent article when laid away to prevent the untying of the bow.

It will be of course understood that the tongue G is located substantially midway the tongues E and F.

lVhile I have described what I consider to be the best embodiment of my invention, it must be understood that the disclosure herein made is not to be COIlSlClGIQCl as confining me except in so far as that may be necessary by reason of the prior art in the terms of my claim.

lVhat I claim is:

In a tie-holder, in combination a bow shaped plate-like cross-bar provided with a eoncaved portion in its upper edge, and having each end projecting above said concaved portion; a tongue integrally formed with said bar, curvedto conform to the bowedshape of said cross-bar, and located substantially between said ends, and below said 0011- caved portion and having a. vertical slot opening through the lower end thereof, a bowshaped plate-like cross-bar adapted to permit a neck-tie to be knotted thereon, and designed to rest in lateral contact with the ends of said first-mentionedcrossbar and relatively narrow so as to leave a space between the lower edge of said second-mentioned cross-bar and the edge of said concaved portionthrough which a certain portion of a tie will extend, and means whereby said bars are associated at their ends so as to permit of the separation thereof either for the substitution of a bar corresponding to said second-mentioned bar, or the removal of a tie mounted thereon.

vVILIflAM HARRY GRAINGER. 

